Oh, the dumb things candidates say

It's that time of year again.With congressional, state and local elections around the country picking up, some candidates are making headlines with audacious comments about everything from religion to social issues to their opponents.To be fair, a political campaign is grueling, and candidates often make mistakes that are amplified by a saturated media market.That's why we've given each candidate a chance to dig themselves out of the hole their comments inevitably made. Here, in order of how well they redeemed …